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Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown; 10 March 1861 – 13 February 1958) was an English author, historian and politician. Career [ edit ] Keynes was an early graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge [1] where her contemporaries included the economist Mary Marshall .
On the national stage she campaigned for the establishment of juvenile courts and urged women to act as jurors and magistrates. She was instrumental in the introduction of women police in 1931 after a campaign lasting seventeen years. Florence Keynes died on 13 February 1958 at her home in Cambridge, 6 Harvey Road.
The English surname Keynes is derived from a Norman place name, either Cahagnes ( Calvados) or Cahaignes ( Eure ), which are documented as places of origin of people of this name [2] or possibly also from similar placenames not so documented. The earliest documented person in England bearing the name was William de Cahaignes from Normandy who ...
2 de jul. de 2018 · The first woman to serve on the Cambridge Town Council, and at present the only woman to have been elected an alderman, Mrs Keynes filled the office of Mayor in 1932-33.”
Cllr Florence Ada Keynes was one of the most pioneering women of the early-mid 20th Century in Cambridge. Students of economics may recognise her as the mother of John Maynard Keynes, the economist and former Treasury civil servant. As Florence Ada Brown, she was one of the earliest students at Newnham College in the very late 1870s.
Florence Ada Keynes, née Brown le 10 mars 1861 à Cheetam, Manchester, et morte le 13 février 1958 à Cambridge, est une personnalité politique et sociale britannique, connue pour son implication en faveur de réformes sociales et son élection comme maire de Cambridge en 1932.
Há 1 dia · As an early student at Newnham College and subsequently as the wife of John Neville Keynes, Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown), (1861–1958) spent her entire adult life living in Cambridge. A prominent public figure, active in charity work and public service, she became the first female councillor of the city and served as its Mayor ...
